Photograph
Fluoroscope
| The shoe fitting fluoroscope was a common fixture in shoe stores during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. A typical unit, like the machine shown here, consisted of a vertical wooden cabinet with an opening near the bottom into which the feet were placed. When you looked through one of the three viewing ports on the top of the cabinet (e.g., one for the child being fitted, one for the child's parent, and the third for the shoe salesman or saleswoman), you would see a fluorescent image of the bones of the feet and the outline of the shoes. |
| Image ID: | 30422 |
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| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| Collection Name: | State Historical Society of Wisconsin, State Historical Museum artifacts photographs, 1946-1994 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | object |
| Original Format Number: | 1992.109 |
| Original Dimensions: | 3 x 4 feet |
| Detail of operator's panel. WHS Museum Acc #1992.109. |
| Electric apparatus and appliances |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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